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In private inheritance, the base class public access members are still public access in the derived class. Therefore the derived class still can call the base class functions and access its public data. But the user who instantiates the derived class, cannot access the public member of the base class, hence private inheritance. Public inheritance …

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If you want your executable’s signature to be still valid after certificate validity period, you have to digitally sign it with a timestamp from one of the timestamp websites with /tr switch before its expiry. In my case, I choose timestamp.digicert.com. This command is for Windows only. signtool.exe sign /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /f Cert.pfx /p password …

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What is the size of the below class? struct MyClass { virtual ~MyClass(); }; The answer is size of a pointer(4 bytes or 8 bytes depending on the platform). That pointer is a vptr to vtbl of virtual functions. That being said, it is not a good idea to initialize a class consisting of POD …

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When two threads are frequently accessing and updating the 2 different but independent variables on the same cacheline, cache thrashing occurs as a result because when the thread updates its variable, the thread on another CPU core has its cacheline invalidated and have to fetch from the main memory again even though it is not …

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In WiX, property is referenced by enclosing its name in square blanket. For example, “[foobar]”. When a text (which we have no control over) is enclosed in blankets but is not a property, how do we escape it? This is not a WiX problem but a MSI method of deducing whether a value is a …

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WinHTTP Wrapper The example code is hosted at Github. The WinHTTP Wrapper consists of one main class that is HttpRequest class. In its constructor, the following parameters: user_agent, proxy_username, proxy_password, server_username and server_password are optional. When accessing the website through a proxy that needs logon, pass in the proxy_username, proxy_password to the constructor. Sometimes, the …

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In C++, there are two options to retrieve data from a object: either passing a reference parameter to be filled up or returning a reference. The former is making a copy of data (which may be what the developer wants) while the latter is returning a memory address of the data. The example code is …

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Table of Contents Introduction Linear Gradient Rainbow Linear Gradient Rainbow Linear Gradient Text Radial Gradient Radial Gradient Text Demo Code History Articles in the Series The example code is hosted at Github. Introduction In this article, we’ll look at how to draw with linear and radial gradient colors in Direct2D. The prerequisite of the article …

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    Table of Content Introduction Text Format Translation Skew Rotation Scale The example code is hosted at Github. Introduction In this article, we’ll look at how to do affine transform using matrices in Direct2D. The transformation has to be set up before any drawing that is to be transformed. The prerequisite of the article …

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Table of Content Introduction Stroke Style Solid Color Brush Line Rectangle Rounded Rectangle Triangle Circle The example code is hosted at Github. Introduction In this article, we’ll look at how to draw lines and basic shapes in Direct2D. The prerequisite of the article is the knowledge to set up the RenderTarget. If you haven’t got …

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